Laura Killip takes a photo of her and Enchanted Forest creator Roger Tofte in front of Humpty Dumpty at the amusement park on Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2014, in Turner, Ore. The statue was destroyed earlier in the summer and rebuilt. (Photo: ASHLEY SMITH / STATESMAN JOURNAL)

Humpty Dumpty at Enchanted Forest was destroyed earlier this summer by people taking a selfie next for the statue. The photo was taken on Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2014, in Turner, Ore. (Photo: ASHLEY SMITH / STATESMAN JOURNAL)

Humpty Dumpty at Enchanted Forest was destroyed earlier this summer by people taking a selfie next for the statue. The photo was taken on Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2014, in Turner, Ore. (Photo: ASHLEY SMITH / STATESMAN JOURNAL)

Humpty Dumpty at Enchanted Forest was destroyed earlier this summer by people taking a selfie next for the statue. The photo was taken on Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2014, in Turner, Ore. (Photo: ASHLEY SMITH / STATESMAN JOURNAL)

Humpty Dumpty at Enchanted Forest was destroyed earlier this summer by people taking a selfie next for the statue. The photo was taken on Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2014, in Turner, Ore. (Photo: ASHLEY SMITH / STATESMAN JOURNAL)

Humpty Dumpty at Enchanted Forest was destroyed earlier this summer by people taking a selfie next for the statue. The photo was taken on Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2014, in Turner, Ore. (Photo: ASHLEY SMITH / STATESMAN JOURNAL)

When the egg man accidentally toppled in early July, Tofte vowed to recreate him before summer ended. The 84-year-old sculptor is the owner and creator of Enchanted Forest, which he began to piece together 50 years ago this month.

"He's kind of our icon," Tofte said of Humpty Dumpty. "A lot of people came by really upset [after the accident], so I had to do it."

Tofte bought the 20 acres of land where Enchanted Forest is today for $4,000 in 1964. For seven years afterward he worked four different jobs and headed out to the property every evening and weekends, too, to slowly create the magical park. Enchanted Forest opened in 1971.

The egg sculpture cost about $6,000 and 50 days to recreate and is modeled after the previous Humpty, made with rebar, cement, sand and plaster.

"I took about four days off for a golf trip, but that was about it," Tofte said. "Every other day I was out here working on him."

People mingled after the ceremony to take photos with Tofte and Humpty, thanking him for his creation and legacy.

"He just kept plugging away at it," said Mary Tofte, a park manager at Enchanted Forest, and Roger's daughter. "We're thrilled with how it turned out."

A placard on Humpty's wall reads, "Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall. Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. All the king's horses and all the king's men couldn't put Humpty Dumpty together again - but Roger Tofte did."

Alisha Roemeling is an outdoors and community reporter for the Statesman Journal. She can be reached at aroemeling@salem.gannett.com or (503) 399 6884 and on Twitter @alisharoemeling.